Around the World discussion

here goes...

Brazil: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (finished)

China: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (finished)

Czech Republic: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (finished)

Egypt: Professor Hanaa

England: Little Dorrit (finished)

France: The Belly of Paris
The Count of Monte Cristo(finished)

Germany: New Lives or The Invention of Curried Sausage


Greece: The Jasmine Isle

Hungary: Skylark

India: A Fine Balance (June?)
The Satanic Verses (finished)


Ireland: Skippy Dies (finished)

Israel: Daughters of Iraq

Ivory Coast: Aya (finished)

Japan: Snow Country (finished)

Kenya: Unbowed (May/June) (finished)

Lebanon: Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut (finished)

Lesotho: Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman (finished)

Liberia: This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

Libya: Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel (finished)

Mali: Timbuctoo (finished)

Morocco: The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca

Nigeria: Oil on Water: A Novel
Half of a Yellow Sun (finished)

Norway: Kristin Lavransdatter

Palestinian Territories: Gate of the Sun

Russia: Dead Souls

Sierra Leone: Ancestor Stones: A Novel (finished)

South Africa: Agaat (South Africa)--January 2012 (finished)

Tonga: American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps (finished)

Turkey: My Name is Red (finished)

Uganda: Nightmare Along the River Nile: Abducted by the LRA

United States: Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? (finished)

Wales: The Old Devils (finished)

Zimbabwe: The Boy Next Door (i read it in 2011)
Butterfly Burning: A Novel

That's a start! :) I'm looking forward to the remaining books on your list.

haha! a start! i just realized that i will probably read Oil on Water soon, rather than in 2012. but i will leave it and put a strike through it when/if i do, then add a new book for Nigeria. that way it can remain a resource for others.

okay, i'm about to add another book! watch out!

51 books/countries to go. Countdown....

Btw, I have Oil On Water on my list.

Anne wrote: "51 books/countries to go. Countdown....

Btw, I have Oil On Water on my list."

i think i'm going to be very slow making this list!

You have 2 1/2 months to come up with your first read.

Pressure's (not) on...

Well, "Agaat" will be my first one, because I'll be reading that with a group of people in my Africa group. ;)

I hate it!!! When you guys are having fun blabbing I am exhausted and have to go to bed.......zzzzzz. My eyes are shuting.

Chrissie wrote: "I hate it!!! When you guys are having fun blabbing I am exhausted and have to go to bed.......zzzzzz. My eyes are shuting."

Oh, good night, Chrissie! I know, it's like 10:30 where you are but I just made a cappuccino and will go sit on the couch with a dog and a book. :)

Judy wrote: "Wow! Marieke I went away for about an hour and your list has doubled! :-)

Good night, Chrissie."

HA! I honestly just giggled out loud.

I need to browse other people's lists because I think I'll be stealing.

What coincidence to find "Agaat" on your list! ;)

Judy wrote: "Is it on everyone's? I think it is an unwritten rule...haha"

then you all have to come talk about it at Great African Reads! i didn't link to the group because i'm not sure if it's okay to promote other groups...(Muphyn and I moderate GAR together).

I'll be reading Agaat, too, in January 2012 at GAR.
BTW, hello, to Muphyn, Marieke, and someone I might have missed greeting.

This is bad news..... Now I am up and you are all sleeping! Or about too?

Everyone is readingAgaat, I would too it if was available on Kindle in Europe, but it isn't.

Marieke, if we "steal" from each other's lists we can share our opinions on them. Isn't that what we all want to do most? Please "steal" away!

Yay for stealing!

Allison wrote: "Yay for stealing!"

indeed!
i'm very happy to have found myself among folk who are pro-thievery. 8)

Chrissie, i already know i'll be stealing from you...

Asmah wrote: "I'll be reading Agaat, too, in January 2012 at GAR.
BTW, hello, to Muphyn, Marieke, and someone I might have missed greeting."

Hello back, Asmah!! Good to hear you'll be joining us in reading Agaat! (I'm starting to think I should get into sooner rather than later (= January) otherwise I'll never finish it. You could kill someone with this tome!)

Marieke, steal my Polish bookMosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations. It looks so good. This word stealing is all wrong.... the minute you grab them they self-replicate and more copies exist. Nobody goes without.

Ok, upcoming countries for the Tour d'Afrique in 2012 are:

Jan/Feb - Guinea-Bissau
Mar/Apr - Ivory Coast
May/June - Kenya
July/Aug - Lesotho
Sept/Oct - Liberia
Nov/Dec - Libya

Happy planning! ;)

Judy wrote: "
i'm very happy to have found myself among folk who are pro-thievery. 8) You could kill someone with this tome!)

So we're hanging out with thieves and murderers....LOL!"

Oh yeah, totally! ;)

Judy wrote: "
i'm very happy to have found myself among folk who are pro-thievery. 8) You could kill someone with this tome!)

So we're hanging out with thieves and murderers....LOL!"

Haha!

Muphyn wrote: "Ok, upcoming countries for the Tour d'Afrique in 2012 are:

Jan/Feb - Guinea-Bissau
Mar/Apr - Ivory Coast
May/June - Kenya
July/Aug - Lesotho
Sept/Oct - Liberia

So these will be entered as TBD in my list...
Nov/Dec - Libya

Happy planning! ;)"

Chrissie wrote: "Everyone is readingAgaat, I would too it if was available on Kindle in Europe, but it isn't. "

I'm not! :P

I left South Africa off of my list since I'd read so heavily from that country already.

hmmm...we might have to bully Jenny. just kidding!

but i'm off to check your SA choices...

Hello Marieke :)
I must check "Professor Hanaa" ! :p

Nile daughter wrote: "Hello Marieke :)
I must check "Professor Hanaa" ! :p"

yeah! i meant to ask you about the author and her books. apparently she has won a lot of awards in Egypt? i liked the first book i read of hers very much: بائع الفستق

She teaches in the Arabic PhD program at Georgetown University.

Allison wrote: "Yay for stealing!"

I agree and am not embarrased to say that I'm swiping [Book: The Mangan Inheritance] off of Marieke's shelf.

Laugh all you want because I'm on my way to you next. Might want to set your security alarm! :D

Judy wrote: "Last I knew I didn't have an "Inheritance" to steal. Glad you are having so much fun..."

HA! I'm sure you have something of value over there!

Marieke wrote: "Nile daughter wrote: "Hello Marieke :)
I must check "Professor Hanaa" ! :p"

yeah! i meant to ask you about the author and her books. apparently she has won a lot of awards in Egypt? i liked the fi..."



I did not read for her before , she is a young author ,some of my friends read to her , I think I will try to get this one , thanks :)

I've been neglecting my list. oops.

I finally set up the Challenge thinger. and i think i'm way, way behind. oh well.

Interesting list Marieke. You read Rushdie already?

Paras wrote: "Interesting list Marieke. You read Rushdie already?"

yes, i *finally* (after three tries over almost fifteen years) read Satanic Verses.

Well if you are behind you have plenty of company.

Marieke wrote: "Paras wrote: "Interesting list Marieke. You read Rushdie already?"

yes, i *finally* (after three tries over almost fifteen years) read Satanic Verses."



I tried reading i t last yr on phone but couldnt [too small print, much bigger book]. This yr I have decided to go for midnight's children, may be after that I'll try Satanic verses again. Kindle is a blessing :)

Susan wrote: "Well if you are behind you have plenty of company."

That is so true. I am way way far behind too even when I made my target to read 30 books only *sigh*